WomenWriteBloom Potluck Salon + Open Mic+Workshop celebrates Pichchenda Bao!
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Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon celebrates dynamic poet & writer Pinchenda Bao at our upcoming Saturday, October 17th free community potluck event! Pinchenda will facilitate a generative writing workshop, give a feature poet reading & sit for a Q&A with participants. We will end with an in-person Multi-genre Open Mic open to all attendees from 12:30pm to 5:00pm in a private rented accessible venue in Downtown Brooklyn, NY. Hosted by Salon founder, curator, and poet JP Howard. This event is free & open to all, space permitting. Waitlist will be set up if we reach RSVP capacity!
Poetry books will be loaned out for free from Bloom's Traveling Poetry Library! 📚
Pinchenda will facilitate a generative writing workshop, then give a featured poet reading & engage in a community Q & A with participants! We will end with a multi-genre open mic open to all participants.
Masks are optional for this in-door event in a private venue.
How to RSVP: INTERESTED ATTENDEES MUST EMAIL, IN ADVANCE, A REQUEST TO: [email protected] to RSVP to attend or to be added to a waitlist, in order to receive private venue details.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 our potluck Salon & Open Mic features dynamic poet Pinchenda Bao! This Salon & Open Mic is in a private rented accessible venue in Downtown Brooklyn, NY. Join us from 12:30PM to 5PM. As there is limited space; advance RSVP is required. Waitlist may be required if we reach capacity.
Contact JP at: [email protected] YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVE THE PRIVATE VENUE DETAILS AFTER YOU EMAIL JP DIRECTLY, NOT BY JOINING THIS FACEBOOK EVENT!
This Salon & Open Mic is located in a private rented venue in Downtown Brooklyn. There is limited space, so RSVP in advance is required. PARTICIPANTS ARE WELCOME TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS IF THEY WISH, BUT NOT REQUIRED. ** IF YOU ARE NOT FEELING WELL, HAVE COVID / FLU and/or COLD SYMPTOMS THE DAY OF THE SALON, PLEASE STAY HOME TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE! ** THANKS!
Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon (WWBPS) is a Literary Salon Series modeled after traveling Salons, popular during the Harlem Renaissance. Poet and author JP Howard has curated and nurtured the Salon for (15) magical years! JP was a Split This Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism finalist for her literary activism on behalf of the Salon. We are a forum offering women writers, especially, of all levels, a venue to come together in a positive and supportive space. WWBPS has a large LGBTQ POC membership and is open to ALL. JP has been awarded Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) grants for the Brooklyn-based portion of the Salon Series for the last TWELVE years (2014 to 2026). The Salon has been featured on national literary sites, including in Literary Hub ( https://lithub.com/from-apartment-to-bryant-park-a.../ ), Poets & Writers (http://www.pw.org/content/from_poets_writers_inc_22 ), Bryant Park Word for Word Reading Series, CUNY TV Study With the Best cable tv show, and THE ARTISTS FORUM cable tv show.
#POTLUCK: Salons are potluck. Please bring a food dish and/or beverages to share for our poetry table. Non-alcoholic beverages and/or wine is fine too.
#TIME & #VOLUNTEERS: Please arrive on time. *OUR salon will begin promptly at 12:30pm and will end around 5pm-ish. We will need a few volunteers to help JP with setup to arrive around 11:45am and a few volunteers to help her with cleanup of the space after 5pm!
#ADDRESS: TO RECEIVE THE PRIVATE ADDRESS DETAILS FOR THIS SALON, SUBSCRIBE TO THE SALON'S FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/lNK0b or send your email address to [email protected]. JP must have your email in advance of the Salon in order for you to receive the Salon address details by email. Thanks!
#WorkshopTheme: Let me invite you to play with words. Often, in poetry, we're looking for the right container for our words, our emotions, our knowledge. And sometimes the infinite possibilities can be paralyzing. So let's play with a form--the pantoum. What freedoms get unlocked when we follow a rule? What surprises can we discover from constraints? We'll look at a few examples, and then write together. Come play with me!
Bring pen & paper to write or bring your digital device. There is free wifi access in our salon community space.
#Feature Poet BIO: Pichchenda Bao (she/her) is a Cambodian American poet and writer, infant survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, daughter of refugees and feminist stay-at-home mother. She is co-editor of the poetry anthology, Braving the Body (Harbor Editions) and serves on the editorial board of Queensbound, an audio poetry project for Queens, NY, and as a story coach for No, You Tell It, a switched-up storytelling show and podcast. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals, including Lily Poetry Review, Mom Egg Review, New Ohio Review, and the Offing. She has received fellowships and awards from Aspen Words, Kundiman, Bethany Arts Community, and Queens Council on the Arts. She lives, writes and raises her three kids in New York City. More at www.pichchendabao.com.
#Host Bio: JP Howard is a poet, educator, literary activist, and community builder. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*), Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy, Healing & Revolutionary Poems (Harlequin Creature) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! JP was a featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program and is featured in the Lesbian Poet Trading Card Series from Headmistress Press. JP was the inaugural recipient of the 2024 Maine Writers Studio writing retreat and was a recent Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. She has received fellowships and/or grants from Cave Canem, VONA, Lambda Literary, and Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. JP’s poetry is widely anthologized. Her poetry and/or essays have been featured in The New York Times, POETRY Magazine, The Slowdown, The Academy of American Poets, Apogee Journal, The Feminist Wire, Split this Rock, and elsewhere. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women's Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com
#OpenMic: This Salon ends with a MULTI-GENRE Open Mic open to ALL participants, so please bring your work to share and pen and paper to write. Please feel free to share your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, artwork or music/song during our Open Mic!
Peace & Poetry,
JP Howard, Curator and Nurturer
Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon (WWBPS)
Poetry books will be loaned out for free from Bloom's Traveling Poetry Library! 📚
Pinchenda will facilitate a generative writing workshop, then give a featured poet reading & engage in a community Q & A with participants! We will end with a multi-genre open mic open to all participants.
Masks are optional for this in-door event in a private venue.
How to RSVP: INTERESTED ATTENDEES MUST EMAIL, IN ADVANCE, A REQUEST TO: [email protected] to RSVP to attend or to be added to a waitlist, in order to receive private venue details.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 our potluck Salon & Open Mic features dynamic poet Pinchenda Bao! This Salon & Open Mic is in a private rented accessible venue in Downtown Brooklyn, NY. Join us from 12:30PM to 5PM. As there is limited space; advance RSVP is required. Waitlist may be required if we reach capacity.
Contact JP at: [email protected] YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVE THE PRIVATE VENUE DETAILS AFTER YOU EMAIL JP DIRECTLY, NOT BY JOINING THIS FACEBOOK EVENT!
This Salon & Open Mic is located in a private rented venue in Downtown Brooklyn. There is limited space, so RSVP in advance is required. PARTICIPANTS ARE WELCOME TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS IF THEY WISH, BUT NOT REQUIRED. ** IF YOU ARE NOT FEELING WELL, HAVE COVID / FLU and/or COLD SYMPTOMS THE DAY OF THE SALON, PLEASE STAY HOME TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE! ** THANKS!
Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon (WWBPS) is a Literary Salon Series modeled after traveling Salons, popular during the Harlem Renaissance. Poet and author JP Howard has curated and nurtured the Salon for (15) magical years! JP was a Split This Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism finalist for her literary activism on behalf of the Salon. We are a forum offering women writers, especially, of all levels, a venue to come together in a positive and supportive space. WWBPS has a large LGBTQ POC membership and is open to ALL. JP has been awarded Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) grants for the Brooklyn-based portion of the Salon Series for the last TWELVE years (2014 to 2026). The Salon has been featured on national literary sites, including in Literary Hub ( https://lithub.com/from-apartment-to-bryant-park-a.../ ), Poets & Writers (http://www.pw.org/content/from_poets_writers_inc_22 ), Bryant Park Word for Word Reading Series, CUNY TV Study With the Best cable tv show, and THE ARTISTS FORUM cable tv show.
#POTLUCK: Salons are potluck. Please bring a food dish and/or beverages to share for our poetry table. Non-alcoholic beverages and/or wine is fine too.
#TIME & #VOLUNTEERS: Please arrive on time. *OUR salon will begin promptly at 12:30pm and will end around 5pm-ish. We will need a few volunteers to help JP with setup to arrive around 11:45am and a few volunteers to help her with cleanup of the space after 5pm!
#ADDRESS: TO RECEIVE THE PRIVATE ADDRESS DETAILS FOR THIS SALON, SUBSCRIBE TO THE SALON'S FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/lNK0b or send your email address to [email protected]. JP must have your email in advance of the Salon in order for you to receive the Salon address details by email. Thanks!
#WorkshopTheme: Let me invite you to play with words. Often, in poetry, we're looking for the right container for our words, our emotions, our knowledge. And sometimes the infinite possibilities can be paralyzing. So let's play with a form--the pantoum. What freedoms get unlocked when we follow a rule? What surprises can we discover from constraints? We'll look at a few examples, and then write together. Come play with me!
Bring pen & paper to write or bring your digital device. There is free wifi access in our salon community space.
#Feature Poet BIO: Pichchenda Bao (she/her) is a Cambodian American poet and writer, infant survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, daughter of refugees and feminist stay-at-home mother. She is co-editor of the poetry anthology, Braving the Body (Harbor Editions) and serves on the editorial board of Queensbound, an audio poetry project for Queens, NY, and as a story coach for No, You Tell It, a switched-up storytelling show and podcast. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals, including Lily Poetry Review, Mom Egg Review, New Ohio Review, and the Offing. She has received fellowships and awards from Aspen Words, Kundiman, Bethany Arts Community, and Queens Council on the Arts. She lives, writes and raises her three kids in New York City. More at www.pichchendabao.com.
#Host Bio: JP Howard is a poet, educator, literary activist, and community builder. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*), Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy, Healing & Revolutionary Poems (Harlequin Creature) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! JP was a featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program and is featured in the Lesbian Poet Trading Card Series from Headmistress Press. JP was the inaugural recipient of the 2024 Maine Writers Studio writing retreat and was a recent Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. She has received fellowships and/or grants from Cave Canem, VONA, Lambda Literary, and Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. JP’s poetry is widely anthologized. Her poetry and/or essays have been featured in The New York Times, POETRY Magazine, The Slowdown, The Academy of American Poets, Apogee Journal, The Feminist Wire, Split this Rock, and elsewhere. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women's Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com
#OpenMic: This Salon ends with a MULTI-GENRE Open Mic open to ALL participants, so please bring your work to share and pen and paper to write. Please feel free to share your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, artwork or music/song during our Open Mic!
Peace & Poetry,
JP Howard, Curator and Nurturer
Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon (WWBPS)
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